| New England Patriots at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 10, 1976 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 59730 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions | 13 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Dexter Bussey 5 run (Errol Mann kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 21 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Charlie Sanders 5 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | John Smith 41 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Randy Vataha 35 pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | David Hill 3 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 36 FG | 10 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Andy Johnson | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Grogan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 32 | 100 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 12 | 87 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 5 | 131 | 5.2 | 1 | 34.3 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 18 | 15 | 83.3 | 0 | 146 | 8.1 | 3 | 140.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Darryl Stingley | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Sam Cunningham | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Andy Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Randy Vataha | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| David Hill | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 2 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Levi Johnson | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| Ed O'Neil | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Laslavic | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Hand | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Mike Patrick | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mike Haynes | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| Doug Beaudoin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Jess Phillips | 4 | 111 | 27.8 | 0 | ||
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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